Article support



' SULEYS I ARTICLE SUiPORT Original Filed Jan. 18 1921 2 Sheets-finest l INVENTOR WITNES:

I Y J. soLTYs ARTICLE SUPPORT Original Filed Jan. 18 1921 2 sheets-sheet 2 l The nature and advantages of the inveni an . Patented Oct. 2,1923.

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T all waamiama mean a Be it known that I, JOHN SoL'rYs, a citizen ofPoland, residingat Detroit, in the county 7 Article Supp .of Wayneand. State of Michigan, have in vented new and useful Improvements in rts, of Which the following is a specification.

l 1 amount of eflort, and the' pipe conveniently turned to any angle with respect to the truck This invention has for its object the pro-' vision of a truck designed tosupportand convey blow pipesfor blast furnaces, the construction being such that the pipe can be conveniently handled with a minimum upon which it is mounted.

1 tion will be better understood when the following detail 'descriptionis read in connec- ,tion with the accompanying drawings, the

invention residing in the combination,jcon- SlJIHCtlOIl and arrangement of-yparts as elaimed.

rplicatiomlike numerals of reference indi- H 25 I and whereinz- In the drawings' forming part of this a1) cate the similar parts inthe several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of the in- V vention showing the manner of positioning the support to receive the article to be mp 30 ported thereby.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the invention, showing the position of the support when the article has been positioned there- I Figure 3 is anend elevation of the sup- 'port, showing the article positioned thereon.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional View through the two-part clamp showing the 'manner of associating the clamp with the support proper. V V V o 1 gu're 5 is a fragmentary plan View, showing the article engaging yoke and its association with the support proper.

Figure 6 fied form; 7 In 31 0fm of the invention the truck embodies a wheeledfra me which comprises a pair. of divergentlydisposed-limbs 10 and 11 respectively which are bent together from an appropriate point in their length to provide; an obliquely disposed portion 12 and a loop 13. A lifting arm including the respective branches 14 and 15. is associated :with' the frame, the branch 14 being secured 55 to the obliquely disposed portion 12 of the frame and based. thereon the loop 13. The

' aoHn'soL'rYs-or nnrnoin ivricnlennf is a" fragmentary view of a modi portion 14 m terminally'ofi 'set as at to 'be1here'inatt'er described.- I. r a V Rotatably'associated With the o'flset terminal 16 is a link 18 which has pivoted thereon 1 a second arm l9-which is arranged above V the branch ofthe aforementioned arm;

has swiveledSthereon 'ayoke"l'l fo'r afpurpose T v The arm 19 is bent at an appropriate point I :in its length to provide a loop 20 which receivesfthe pivot 21 and associates the arm with the link 18, the arm having a terminal portion providing an eyefi22in which is.

s wivelly mounted a sectional link 24:, the sec-- ,tions of which are held together by means of a fastening, element 25. The divergent limbs.

of the frame have their lowerends extended 1 i laterally and journaled thereon are wheels Q pipe fion one;end, the chain being connected Figure 2thep1pe is arranged within the yoke 17 and the sectional linkor band 24;, afterwhich thetruck can be righted so that the pipe is supported in a horizontal-position; The maximum weight of thepipe' is supported bythe arm 14 while a portion l of the weight is also supported bythe arm' 19. With the pipe arranged in horizontal position, upon the truck the latter can be easily moved over "the surface, and adpipef I turned to anyangle or-positionlwith respect I means j of the .link.

In a modified form ofthe invention, the I I V divergent limbs of -the wheeled frame has swiveled on the extremities thereofare ing the same as the element above described;

While it is. believedithat from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the-inventionfwill (be readily apparent, I desire to. have it understood that" I 7 do not limit myself to what isiherein-shown and de I scribed, and that such changes may be resorted tozwhendesired as fallwithin thescope of what is claimed.

What I claimis 1 1. .An article support of to the wheeled frame through theinstrumen-u tality of the arm 19. "Thiscis permitted by. x I V the oifset extremity 15 of the arm 14 by --1oo the casters 32, the inventionin this formibecharact v scribed comprising a Wheeled frame, a stationary arm associated with said frame and having angularly disposed branches, a yoke swiveled on one of said branches, a second arm including angularly disposed branches for connectingg'the first mentioned arm for movement thereto, and a sectional band carried on the branch of the second mentioned arm and arranged in juxta-positiori Within said yoke for'the purpose specified.

2. An article support of the character described comprising awvheeled frame, a

stationary arm including angularly disposed branches secured to said frame, ayoke swiveled on one end of said arm, a second arm including angularly disposed branches associated With the first mentionedarm for both lateral and vertical movements, and a secture. a

JOHN SOLT'YVS. 

